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Al-Hakam II

915 - 976

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Al-Hakam II, also known as Abū al-ʿĀṣ al-Mustanṣir bi-Llāh al-Hakam b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān (أَبُو الْعَاصٍ الْمُسْتَنْصِرِ بِاللهِ الْحَكْمِ بْن عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ; 13 January 915 – 1 October 976), was the Caliph of Córdoba. He was the second Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba in Al-Andalus, and son of Abd-al-Rahman III and Murjan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Hakam II has received more than 318,553 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Al-Hakam II is the 2,005th most popular politician (up from 2,066th in 2019), the 169th most popular biography from Spain (up from 188th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Spanish Politician.

Al-hakam II was the second of the four caliphs of the Umayyad dynasty. He is most famous for being the first caliph to be overthrown by the Abbasids, in 750 AD.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Al-Hakam II ranks 2,005 out of 19,576. Before him are William II of Sicily, Khaba, Stamford Raffles, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Najm ad-Din Ayyub, and Axel Oxenstierna. After him are Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Nikolai Podgorny, Andrew I of Hungary, Agesilaus II, Jayavarman VII, and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 915, Al-Hakam II ranks 1. After him are Al-Mutanabbi, Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Burchard III, Duke of Swabia, Conrad I, Duke of Swabia, and Leo Phokas the Younger. Among people deceased in 976, Al-Hakam II ranks 3. Before him are John I Tzimiskes, and Emperor Taizu of Song. After him are Theophano, Pietro IV Candiano, and Helen of Zadar.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Al-Hakam II ranks 169 out of 3,355. Before him are Gaius Julius Hyginus (-64), Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal (1535), Queen Fabiola of Belgium (1928), Joaquín Sorolla (1863), John II of Aragon (1398), and Enrique Iglesias (1975). After him are Buenaventura Durruti (1896), Henry II of Castile (1334), Abraham ibn Ezra (1089), Judah Halevi (1079), Martin of Aragon (1356), and Alfonso II of Aragon (1157).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Al-Hakam II ranks 55. Before him are José Antonio Primo de Rivera (1903), Ferdinand I of León (1016), Alfonso VIII of Castile (1155), John II of Castile (1405), Alfonso XI of Castile (1311), and John II of Aragon (1398). After him are Henry II of Castile (1334), Martin of Aragon (1356), Alfonso II of Aragon (1157), Philip, Duke of Parma (1720), Peter II of Aragon (1174), and John I of Castile (1358).

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